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Good Evening, Pastor Mike!

"Don’t rush past that ache. Don’t numb it. Bring it into the light of Christ’s healing love."

You wrote that more than once, just with different words. It stuck. Thank You!

Long military service and multiple deployments introduced me to sorts and levels of pain I simply could not imagine before I started serving. Now that the pain is chronic, doctors have offered to 'kill' the nerve endings to dull the discomfort. I've always refused by telling them, "Why? It's the only part of me that seems to be working AS DESIGNED anymore!" 🤣😉

Your words resonate physically and spiritually because they're Scriptural. The Psalmist wrote, "It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes" (Psalm 119:71). The Apostle Peter added a 'why' for pain when he wrote,

"Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Be of sober spirit, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished among your brethren who are in the world. And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, strengthen, confirm, and ground you." (1 Peter 5:6-10)

Pain God allows has a divine way of killing pride if I let God do His work in me (Philippians 2:13). Like sunlight is the best disinfectant, Jesus the Son knows how to clean us (1 John 1:7, 9). And, compared to eternity in heaven, the 'Son'burn and suffering will last just a little while!

Thank You again for posting this timely message. I'll be restacking it!

By His Grace, ATK

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